Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Chilades
Species: Chilades eleusis
Subspecies: Chilades eleusis nigeriae

Name

Chilades eleusis nigeriae (Sharpe, 1902).

Type locality: Nigeria, Ilo.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH "Ilo, (Dr. Christy), 4.ii.1899./ Ex Coll. E. Bowdler-Sharpe, 1908./ Joicey bequest, Brit. Mus., 1934-120./ BMNH(E) #264544". Designated by Bálint, 1999: 48.

Synonymy

  • Euchrysops nigeriae Sharpe, 1902: 102.
  • Chilades nigeriae (Sharpe); Ackery, et al., 1995
  • Chilades naidina (Butler); Bálint, 1999: 48.
  • Chilades eleusis (Demaison); Larsen, 2005.
  • Chilades eleusis nigeriae (Sharpe); Williams, 2008: 150.

References

  • Larsen, T.B., 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1-270. Reference page. 
  • Sharpe, E., 1902. A list of lepidoptera collected by Dr. Cuthbert Christy in Nigeria. Entomologist 35: 65-68; 101-107. BHL1, BHL2 Reference page. 
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